Alex Simões aka Xana Modas is a visual artist, originally from Lisbon, who works with film, clothing and set design, specialising in costumes and characters made from card and sequins. A graduate in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, as Xana Modas she screams trends, with a healthy dose of conceptual aesthetic provocation. She also works as a DJ and cultural producer, beginning in 2014 in the dive bars of London, where she made the queers dance! RAD FESTA (a glam punk event featuring performance, music and cigarette butt-filled wigs) opened up new vistas regarding community and hedonism in the field of event production.